Stake weight measures the total SOL actively delegated to a validator. At epoch 971 (per Stakewiz), Figment holds the largest single stake on the network at 15,439,773 SOL (1.000% of total network stake). No individual validator in the active set exceeds 1.0% of network stake; the top 10 below collectively hold ~7.0% of all delegated SOL.
For stakers, high stake weight is a double-edged signal. It indicates an established operator with track record and infrastructure scale, but stake concentrated in a small number of operators reduces network decentralization and elevates the Nakamoto Coefficient risk. The Solana Foundation Delegation Program caps SFDP-eligible total stake at 1,000,000 SOL specifically to limit this dynamic.
Methodology
- Universe: the 28 validators selected for this wiki's directory (broadly representative; not the full ~770-validator active set)
- Source: Stakewiz API (
api.stakewiz.com/validators), snapshot at epoch 971 (~2026-05-15) - Ranking metric:
activated_stakedescending - Context columns:
stake_ratio(% of network), Wiz Score (Stakewiz composite quality metric), 30-day skip rate - Excluded: validators outside this wiki's directory; smaller-stake validators outside the top 10
For the full 770+ active validator set ranked by stake, the canonical source is the Stakewiz dashboard at stakewiz.com.
Top 10 by stake weight (epoch 971)
| Rank | Validator | Active stake (SOL) | % of network | Wiz Score | 30-day skip rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Figment | 15,439,773 | 1.000% | 46.67 | 0.03% |
| 2 | Helius | 14,348,055 | 0.929% | 20.42 | 0.04% |
| 3 | binance staking | 13,530,771 | 0.876% | 61.51 | 0.12% |
| 4 | Jupiter | 12,543,166 | 0.812% | 39.96 | 0.01% |
| 5 | Ledger by Figment | 9,069,177 | 0.587% | 35.41 | 0.01% |
| 6 | Bitwise Onchain Solutions | 7,995,160 | 0.518% | 17.74 | 0.01% |
| 7 | Everstake | 7,384,255 | 0.478% | 36.37 | 0.15% |
| 8 | Forward Industries | 7,111,646 | 0.461% | 63.65 | 0.00% |
| 9 | Staking Facilities | 6,615,054 | 0.428% | 55.17 | 0.06% |
| 10 | Kraken 2 | 6,611,593 | 0.428% | 42.70 | 0.06% |
Concentration context
The top 10 by stake weight in this directory hold a combined 0.106 × ~28% = ~7.0% of network stake across just 10 operators. This is meaningful but not dominant: Solana's Nakamoto Coefficient (the smallest number of validators that together hold one-third of stake) sits above 20 as of 2026, indicating that capturing one-third of the network's vote weight requires colluding across 20+ independent operators.
Three points stakers should weigh against raw stake rank:
- Wiz Score divergence from stake. Helius (rank 2) has a Wiz Score of 20.42 while Forward Industries (rank 8) scores 63.65. Stake follows operator brand and capital relationships, not always Stakewiz's composite quality signal. See the Wiz Score glossary entry for the component breakdown.
- ASN concentration. Helius (rank 2) and Jupiter (rank 4) both run on TeraSwitch (AS20326) in Frankfurt, contributing to a TeraSwitch ASN concentration of ~29% at the network level — a flagged decentralization risk. See Top validators by decentralization score for the inverse ranking.
- Brand vs. infrastructure. Two of the top 10 are exchange-operated (binance staking, Kraken 2), which centralizes governance influence further if exchange custody is also concentrated.
Related
- Top validators by decentralization — the inverse view: which validators are on under-concentrated ASNs and cities
- Top validators by commission — fee ranking with APY context
- Validator directory — individual profile pages with full metrics
- Network State Monthly — total stake, validator count, Nakamoto Coefficient, and largest single-validator stake at each monthly snapshot
- For real-time stake snapshots, see Stakewiz directly
Snapshot: Stakewiz API at epoch 971, 2026-05-15. Stake weights change each epoch; rankings will shift.